Watching Gong Xiu Jie, who had smashed the bluestone slab beneath him while desperately protecting himself with Spiritual Qi, his forehead full of blood, Sheng Hongxue felt a moment of compassion. Yet, thinking of the deaths of her junior brother and the two Grand Elders of the sect, that compassion dissipated as she flung her sleeves coldly, saying, "Do not plead with me. If you must plead, plead to the Investigation Hall officials whom you offended because of yourself. If they forgive you, you may have a chance to return to the sect. If they do not forgive you, then you will wander outside as a solitary ghost; do not mention again that you were a disciple of Celestial Secret Pavilion."
